Couperin Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
The
Couperin family was the most prolific in the whole of French musical history. Very active during the
baroque era, they originated from Chaumes en Brie, a little town some 30 miles east from Paris in the modern (
départment of
Seine-et-Marne).
Several members of this family were titular organistsists to Saint-Gervais' church, near the Hôtel de Ville, Paris, during almost two centuries. This church had a most important instrument.
The most gifted and illustrious among them were Louis Couperin and François Couperin the Great, the former's nephew.
Simplified family tree
Organists to Saint-Gervais' church are strongly emphasized.
- Mathurin Couperin dead in 1640, farmer, instrument player
- Denis dead in 1656, notary, instrument player
- Charles the older dead in 1654,instrument player
- Louis (1626-1661) clavecinist, organist and gambist
- François (1631-1701) musician
- Marguerite-Louise (1676-1728) singer
- Nicolas (1680-1748), organist
- Armand-Louis (1727-1789), organist
- Pierre-Louis (1755-1789), organist
- Gervais-François (1759-1826), organist
- Céleste-Thérèse (1795-1860), organist
- Nicolas-Louis (1760-after 1817)
- Charles (1639-1679)
- François the Great (1668-1733)
- Marie-Madeleine (1690-1742) nun, organist
- François-Laurent (dead after 1740)
- Marguerite-Antoinette (1705-1778) clavecinist of the King's chamber
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